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This water quality study was conducted to help inform pending infrastructure investment programs in the city of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in an environment in which very little a priori information was available. It was also intended to build technical capacity within two local institutions. These were the Port Harcourt Water Corporation (PHWC), a para-statal water service provider, and the Rivers State Ministry of Water Resources and Rural Development (MWRRD), its oversight authority within the state government. The study employs an innovative method for sample selection that relies on widely available remote sensed data, geographic information system (GIS) tools and smartphone-based navigation technology.